The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines. Michael Cox

The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines - Michael  Cox


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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

      FIRST EDITION

      © Michael Cox 2017

      Cover design Simeon Greenaway © HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

      Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com, DariuszPa/Getty Images

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      Michael Cox asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780008215552

      Ebook Edition © June 2017 ISBN: 9780008215569

      Version: 2017-12-02

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Introduction

       Part One – In the Beginning

       1 A Whole New Ball Game

       2 Cantona & Counters

       8 The Foreign Revolution

       9 Big Sam & Long Balls

       Part Four – Universality

       10 One Up Front

       11 Invincibles & Convincibles

       12 The Makélélé Role

       Part Five – Reactive Strategy

       13 Iberian Influence I

       14 Iberian Influence II

       15 The Midfield Trio

       Part Six – Direct Attacking

       16 Roonaldo

       17 A Wet and Windy Night at Stoke

       18 Inverted Wingers

       Part Seven – Possession

       19 The Italian Job

       20 Tiki-Taka

       21 Assisters & False Nines

       Part Eight – Post-possession

       22 Rodgers’ Reversal

       23 Pressing Issues

       24 Leicester

       25 Three at the Back

       Postscript

       Bibliography

       Acknowledgements

       Index

       About the Publisher

      


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